Patents by Inventor Ryan Wayne Franz

Ryan Wayne Franz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Laser navigation system and method
    Patent number: 10061027
    Abstract: A laser navigation system for measuring the position of a vehicle or object. An environmental housing with first and second optical windows contains a first laser source with a steering optic oriented to the first optical window; and a second laser source with a scanning optic oriented to the second optical window. A system controller operates the first laser source with at least one of modulation and signal encoding information and provides steering commands to the steering optic to generate at least three or more adjoining or near-adjoining differentiated steered beams, and operates the second laser source and scanning optic to provide a distance measurement information, wherein the position of a vehicle or object is determined from its angular location within the differentiated steered beams in combination with the distance measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Adsys Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Goldberg, Ryan Wayne Franz
  • LASER NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150241562
    Abstract: A laser navigation system for measuring the position of a vehicle or object. An environmental housing with first and second optical windows contains a first laser source with a steering optic oriented to the first optical window; and a second laser source with a scanning optic oriented to the second optical window. A system controller operates the first laser source with at least one of modulation and signal encoding information and provides steering commands to the steering optic to generate at least three or more adjoining or near-adjoining differentiated steered beams, and operates the second laser source and scanning optic to provide a distance measurement information, wherein the position of a vehicle or object is determined from its angular location within the differentiated steered beams in combination with the distance measurement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Brian Scott Goldberg, Ryan Wayne Franz